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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys."
+description: "Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 17"
+citation: "Texas HB 17 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Lawyers (I0515)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Cook", "Huffman", "Leach", "Metcalf", "Moody"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 84
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-03-09"
+last_action: "2023-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de34886-f4a5-4062-aa21-58f7d37c756f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 17.xml"
+source_hash: "64741182ce77cc791a6d65e7693fff880bd6f47360eb582010245402acdb220d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 17 (88) — Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **97–51** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **92–55** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **83–58** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **83–58** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Cook — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Moody — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
+- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Klick — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
+- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-13** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-25** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Record vote
+- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-02** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-11** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-11** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee
+- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
+- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-07** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3de34886-f4a5-4062-aa21-58f7d37c756f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+